Michael Innes
Michael Innes is the pseudonym of Scottish author John Innes Mackintosh Stewart (1906-1994), who wrote crime fiction as Michael Innes and contemporary fiction and non-fiction as J.I.M. Stewart. He is the author of the Inspector Appleby series. Stewart was born in Edinburgh, where he also grew up. He studied at several different universities all over Europe and then lectured at several in the UK and Australia.

Michael Innes became a published author in 1936 with the novel Death at the President’s Lodging (aka Seven Suspects). The novel introduced readers to Sir John Appleby of the Metropolitan Police. His final publication before his death was his memoir, entitled Myself and Michael Innes (published in 1987). Below is a list of Michael Innes’ books in order of when they were originally published:

Publication Order of Inspector Appleby Books

Death at the President's Lodging / Seven Suspects (1936)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Hamlet, Revenge! (1937)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Lament for a Maker (1938)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Stop Press / The Spider Strikes (1939)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Secret Vanguard (1940)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
There Came Both Mist and Snow / A Comedy of Terrors (1940)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Appleby on Ararat (1941)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Daffodil Affair (1942)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Weight of the Evidence (1943)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Appleby's End (1945)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
A Night of Errors (1948)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Operation Pax / The Paper Thunderbolt (1951)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
A Private View / One-Man Show / Murder Is an Art (1952)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Appleby Plays Chicken / Death On a Quiet Day (1957)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Long Farewell (1958)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Hare Sitting Up (1959)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Silence Observed (1961)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
A Connoisseur's Case / The Crabtree Affair (1962)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Bloody Wood (1966)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Appleby At Allington / Death By Water (1968)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
A Family Affair / Picture of Guilt (1969)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Death at the Chase (1970)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
An Awkward Lie (1971)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Open House (1972)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Appleby's Answer (1973)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Appleby's Other Story (1974)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Gay Phoenix (1976)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Ampersand Papers (1978)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Sheiks and Adders (1982)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Appleby and Honeybath (1983)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Carson's Conspiracy (1984)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Appleby and the Ospreys (1986)Description / Buy at Amazon.com

Publication Order of Inspector Appleby Collections

Appleby Talking (1954)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Appleby Talks (1954)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Appleby Talks Again (1956)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Appleby Intervenes (1965)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Appleby File (1975)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Appleby Talks About Crime (2010)Description / Buy at Amazon.com

Publication Order of Charles Honeybath Books

The Mysterious Commission (1974)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Honeybath's Haven (1978)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Lord Mullion's Secret (1981)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Appleby and Honeybath (1983)Description / Buy at Amazon.com

Publication Order of Staircase In Surrey Books

(as J.I.M. Stewart)

The Gaudy (1975)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Young Pattullo (1975)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Memorial Service (1976)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Madonna of The Astrolabe (1977)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Full Term (1979)Description / Buy at Amazon.com

Publication Order of Standalone Novels

From London Far / The Unsuspected Chasm (1946)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
What Happened At Hazlewood? (1946)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Journeying Boy / The Case of the Journeying Boy (1949)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Christmas at Candleshoe (1953)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Man from the Sea / Death By Moonlight (1955)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Old Hall, New Hall / A Question of Queens (1956)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
A Use Of Riches (1957)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The New Sonia Wayward / The Case of Sonia Wayward (1960)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Acre of Grass (1962)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Money From Holme (1964)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Aylwins (As: J.I.M. Stewart) (1966)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Last Tresilians (1966)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
A Change of Heir (1966)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Vanderlyn's Kingdom (1967)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Mungo's Dream (1973)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Andrew and Tobias (As: J.I.M. Stewart) (1980)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Going It Alone (1980)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
A Villa in France (As: J.I.M. Stewart) (1982)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
An Open Prison (1984)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Naylors (As: J.I.M. Stewart) (1985)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
A Palace of Art (As: J.I.M. Stewart) (2011)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Mark Lambert's Supper (As: J.I.M. Stewart) (2012)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Man Who Won The Pools (As: J.I.M. Stewart) (2012)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Guardians (2012)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Avery's Mission (2012)Description / Buy at Amazon.com

Publication Order of J.I.M. Stewart Short Story Collections

Cucumber Sandwiches, And Other Stories (1969)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Bridge at Arta (1982)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
My Aunt Christina (1983)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Parlour Four (1986)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Cucumber Sandwiches (2011)Description / Buy at Amazon.com

Publication Order of Short Story Collections

Cucumber Sandwiches, And Other Stories (As: J.I.M. Stewart) (1969)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Our England is a garden and other stories (1979)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Bridge At Arta And Other Stories (1981)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Bridge at Arta (As: J.I.M. Stewart) (1982)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
My Aunt Christina (As: J.I.M. Stewart) (1983)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Parlour Four (As: J.I.M. Stewart) (1986)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Cucumber Sandwiches (As: J.I.M. Stewart) (2011)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Man Who Wrote Detective Stories (2011)Description / Buy at Amazon.com

Publication Order of Non-Fiction Books

James Joyce (As: J.I.M. Stewart) (1957)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Thomas Love Peacock (1963)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Eight Modern Writers (As: J.I.M. Stewart) (1963)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Character and Motive in Shakespeare (1965)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Rudyard Kipling (1966)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Joseph Conrad (As: J.I.M. Stewart) (1968)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Shakespeare's Lofty Scene (1971)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Thomas Hardy: A Critical Biography (As: J.I.M. Stewart) (1971)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Myself and Michael Innes: A Memoir (As: J.I.M. Stewart) (1988)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Educating the emotions (2021)Description / Buy at Amazon.com

Publication Order of Murderous Christmas Stories Books

Murder under the Christmas Tree: Ten Classic Crime Stories for the Festive Season (By: Ian Rankin,Val McDermid,Arthur Conan Doyle,Ellis Peters,Margery Allingham,Cecily Gayford) (2016)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Murder on Christmas Eve (With: Lawrence Block,Ian Rankin,Val McDermid,Ellis Peters,Julian Symons,G.K. Chesterton,Margery Allingham,John Dickson Carr,Marjorie Bowen,Cecily Gayford) (2017)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
A Very Murderous Christmas: Ten Classic Crime Stories for the Festive Season (By: Cecily Gayford) (2018)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Anthology series.

Publication Order of Anthologies

Verdict of Thirteen(1979)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
English Country House Murders(1988)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Murder On The Railways(2003)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Murder in Midsummer: Classic Mysteries for the Holidays(2019)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Unholy Night(2019)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Edinburgh Mystery: And Other Tales of Scottish Crime(2023)Description / Buy at Amazon.com

Notes: All short story collections not involving Inspector Appleby and all non-fiction books were written as J.I.M. Stewart. The Staircase in Surrey series was written as J.I.M. Stewart. The novels Mark Lambert’s Supper, The Guardians, A Use of Riches, The Man Who Won the Pools, The Last Tresilians, An Acre of Grass, The Aylwins, Vanderlyn’s Kingdom, Avery’s Mission, A Palace of Art, Mungo’s Dream, Andrew and Tobias, A Villa in France, An Open Prison and The Naylors were written as J.I.M. Stewart.

Death at the President’s Lodging was also published as Seven Suspects. Stop Press was also titled The Spider Strikes. There Came Both Mist and Snow was also known as A Comedy of Terrors. Operation Pax was also released as The Paper Thunderbolt. A Private View was also published under the titles of One-Man Show and Murder is an Art. Appleby Plays Chicken was also known as Death on a Quiet Day. A Connoisseur’s Case was also titled The Crabtree Affair. Appleby at Allington was also published under the title Death by Water. A Family Affair was also released under the title Picture of Guilt. Appleby Talking was also known as Dead Man’s Shoes.

From London Far was also titled The Unsuspected Chasm. Christmas at Candleshoe was also published under the title Candleshoe. The Man from the Sea was also released as Death by Moonlight. Old Hall, New Hall was also known as A Question of Queens. The New Sonia Wayward was also published as The Case of Sonia Wayward.

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Michael Innes Synopsis: In From London Far by Michael Innes, Meredith’s simple murmured phrase “London, a Poem” was interpreted by the tobacconist to be the password. Uttering it got him into the art thieves’ headquarters. By the time the day is over, he learned he had acting skill, was able to save a girl and a brace of bloodhounds… and had committed murder.

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